Hockey fans wanted these inaugural 4 nations face-off final to be epic, and that is exactly what they got when Team defeated Canada Team USA In the extension, 3-2.
Connor McDavid scored the game-winning goal to give his country the ultimate bragging rights.
Everyone wondered what would happen at the opening spuck drop after the three fights in nine seconds that this past has occurred Saturday in Montreal between these two countries.
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Team USA celebrates a goal from defender Jake Sanderson (85) during the second period against Team Canada during the 4 Nations Face-Off Ice Hockey Championship Game in TD Garden. (Brian Fluhary-IMagnement Images)
But it was a normal start of a hockey game, because gloves kept on sticks and both teams went to work.
However, there was something similar to the last game, as it was Team Canada First arrive on the board thanks to the handy wrist of Nathan Mackinnon almost five minutes after the period.
Team USA started just less Connor Hellybuyck was completely protected by countless players from both countries in the shooting range, and that was Mackinnon’s idea while he skated to the middle and threw the wrist to just.
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It was a perfect placement, because there was no deflection when it went beyond Hellybuyck’s right shoulder. Thomas Harley and Sam Reinhart received assists about the goal.
But Team USA responded on Saturday with three unanswered goals after they have fallen 1-0, and they started that trend again.
Team Canada celebrates a goal that is scored by Vooruit Nathan Mackinnon (29) during the first period against Team USA during the 4 countries face-off ice hockey championships in TD Garden. (Winslow Townson imagn images)
Who is better than Brady Tkachuk, one of those hunters in the Bell Center on Saturday, which makes the job beat on an Auston Matthews -pass to the center of the ice?
With three Canada players around their folds, Tkachuk fought through it and managed to get just enough stick on the Puck to place the past Canada goalkeeper Jordan Binnington to bind the game.
In the second period, Tkachuk ForeCheck was fantastic behind the net, because he finally set a goal from 22-year-old Jake Sanderson, the resident of Montana who buried a wrist on another assist of Matthews and defender Zach Werenski.
Again, it seemed that the gamecript was being written again, but Sam Bennett had other things in mind for Team Canada.
With six minutes to play in the second, Bennett stuck it on a perfectly placed wrist over the shoulder of Hellybuyck who was founded by Mitch Marner, who received the American defender Adam Fox to chase him to the center of the ice before he The puck slid to an open Bennett.
With the game tied with two goals each, the second horn sounded and this 4 Nations Championship Tilt was set up for a noisy third period – the type of hockey that everyone wanted to see between these two world possibilities in Boston.
But bonushockey with an overtime eventually only felt good.
Team Canada Vooruit Sam Bennett (9) celebrates the scoring against Team USA goalkeeper Connor Hellebuyck (37) during the second period during the 4 Nations Face-Off Ice Hockey Championship match in TD Garden. (Brian Fluhary-IMagnement Images)
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Team USA had a few chances in those overtime, especially Matthews got a Jake Guentzel pass in the fold, but Binnington stopped the game winner with his right path to keep the game going.
Binnington stopped the last 20 shots of Team USA and has to do some acrobatics to enable McDavid to get his shot wide open in the slot, and no. 97 rarely misses the back of the net on that.
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